It's true that immigrant novels have to do with people going from one country to another, but there isn't a single novel that doesn't travel from one place to another, emotionally or locally.
From Oscar Hijuelos
As a kid I had all kinds of questions about how I fit it with my neighborhood and friends and other Latinos.
If you start believing all that press about you, you're in trouble. I don't even read my reviews.
When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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